combed through
Examined with care
To comb through something is to search it carefully and systematically, examining every part: Detectives combed through the evidence, She combed through old emails looking for the receipt.
The image is of running a fine-toothed comb through hair, catching everything.
The past tense combed through emphasizes completed, thorough examination.
- inspectStudy closely for flaws
- findLocate through effort
- siftedPassed through a strainer
- pickPointed breaking tool
- picked apartThoroughly criticized or analyzed
meticulous · scour · sort · research · investigate · scrutinize · delve · rummaged · rooted around · methodical · systematic · pored over · rigorous · painstaking · left no stone unturned · trawled · filter · exacting
combed throughskimmed
Read superficially
glossed over · scanned · flipped through · leafed through · browsed
comb, combed, combing, combs, through, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughness